{"id":656,"date":"2009-08-29T15:49:50","date_gmt":"2009-08-29T19:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/?page_id=656"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:38:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:38:45","slug":"cs693","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/academic-programs\/courses\/cs693\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Forensics and Investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"<style> p {margin-bottom:0px;} .course-feed .cf-course h4 {display: none; white-space: wrap;} .button{width:125px;}<\/style>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"course-feed\"><div class=\"cf-course\">\n\t<h4>Digital Forensics and Investigations<\/h4>\n\t<p class=\"meta\">MET CS 693 (4 credits)<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p>Provides a comprehensive understanding of digital forensics and investigation tools and techniques. Learn what computer forensics and investigation is as a profession and gain an understanding of the overall investigative process. Operating system architectures and disk structures are discussed. Studies how to set up an investigator's office and laboratory, as well as what computer forensic hardware and software tools are available. Other topics covered include importance of digital evidence controls and how to process crime and incident scenes, details of data acquisition, computer forensic analysis, e-mail investigations, image file recovery, investigative report writing, and expert witness requirements. Provides a range of laboratory and hands-on assignments either in solo or in teams. With rapid growth of computer systems and digital data this area has grown in importance. Prereq: Working knowledge of windows computers, including installing and removing software. Access to a PC meeting the minimum system requirements defined in the course syllabus.<\/p>\n\t\n\t<p class=\"\"><em>2026SPRGMETCS693E1, Jan 20th to Apr 30th 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<th>Days<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Start<\/th>\n\t\t<th>End<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Type<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Bldg<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Room<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t<td>S<\/td>\n\t<td>09:00 AM<\/td>\n\t<td>12:00 PM<\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td>MET<\/td>\n\t<td>101<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><p class=\"\"><em>2026SPRGMETCS693O2, Mar 10th to Apr 27th 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-table\">\n<table>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<th>Days<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Start<\/th>\n\t\t<th>End<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Type<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Bldg<\/th>\n\t\t<th>Room<\/th>\n\t<\/tr>\n\t<tr>\n\t<td>ARR<\/td>\n\t<td>12:00 AM<\/td>\n\t<td>12:00 AM<\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n\t<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Format &amp; Syllabus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"btn-group\">\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">On Campus<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2023\/01\/CS693-Spring-2023-Syllabus.pdf\">CS693 SP23<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/09\/CS693-Fall-2022-Syllabus.pdf\">CS693 FALL22<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2020\/07\/MET-CS-693-2020-Arena.pdf\">CS693 SUM20<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2016\/01\/CS693_OL_Spring-2-20161.pdf\">CS693 SPRG16<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">Online<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/02\/Syllabus-693-Spring25.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/10\/MET-CS-693-FA25.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/03\/METCS693_Syllabus_Online_2026SpringO2.pdf\">693 O2 SPRG26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/10\/MET-CS-693-FA25.pdf\">CS693 FALL25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/02\/Syllabus-693-Spring25.pdf\">CS693 SPRG25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/08\/693-O1-Syllabus_CS_F24.pdf\">CS693 O1 FA24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2022\/08\/MET_CS693-O2_Spring-2022_Dgtl-Forensics.pdf\">CS693 SPRG22<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS693_O1_Spring-2-2018.pdf\">CS693 SPRG18<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS693_O1_Spring-2017.pdf\">CS693 SPRG17<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dropdown\">\n<p><button class=\"button\">Blended<\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"dropdown-content\"><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/01\/CS693-Spring-2025-Syllabus.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/09\/CS693-Fall-2025-Syllabus.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2026\/01\/CS693-Spring-2026-Syllabus.pdf\">CS693 SPRG26<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/09\/CS693-Fall-2025-Syllabus.pdf\">CS693 FALL25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2025\/01\/CS693-Spring-2025-Syllabus.pdf\">CS693 SPRG25<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2024\/01\/CS-693-Scott-Arena.pdf\">CS693 SPRG24<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2020\/07\/MET-CS-693-2020-Arena.pdf\">CS693 SUM20<\/a><a href=\"\/csmet\/files\/2018\/05\/CS693_EL_Summer-2017.pdf\">CS693 SUM17<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfloat\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Format &amp; Syllabus: On Campus CS693 SP23CS693 FALL22CS693 SUM20CS693 SPRG16 Online 693 O2 SPRG26CS693 FALL25CS693 SPRG25CS693 O1 FA24CS693 SPRG22CS693 SPRG18CS693 SPRG17 Blended CS693 SPRG26CS693 FALL25CS693 SPRG25CS693 SPRG24CS693 SUM20CS693 SUM17 &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1719,"featured_media":0,"parent":7301,"menu_order":64,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/656"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1719"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31536,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/656\/revisions\/31536"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/csmet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}